Ski Adelboden - Ski or Snowboard in Adelboden

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Adelboden, Switzerland (1070m to 2350m)

Picturesque traditional Swiss resort but with an unusually large modern ski area linked to Lenk's. Thoroughly modern outlook includes a dedicated ski school.

Adelboden Ski Facts

Adelboden in brief Adelboden Ski Resort is:- Good for Expert Skiers. Fantastic for Intermediate Skiers. Good for Beginners. Fantastic for Snowboarding.

for Intermediate Skiers for Beginners    14 Black Runs    50 Red Runs    40 Blue Runs    1 Green Run 170km Downhill Pistes 55 Ski Lifts 1280m Max Vertical 2350m Highest Lift 1350m Resort Altitude 1070m Lowest Piste Full Page Map of Adelboden

The Swiss ski resort of Adelboden has direct access to 170km of downhill skiing, with 70 individual pistes, served by 55 ski lifts.

With skiing above 2000 metres, snow cover is generally reliable.

Ski Lift Capacity :- The 55 Ski Lifts of Adelboden are able to uplift 52,420 skiers / snowboarders per hour.

There are four airports within two hours drive, so ski weekends, snowboard breaks and short ski holidays to Adelboden are perfectly feasible. Berne Airport is just one hours drive away, in good driving conditions, so you can be on the piste quickly.

Skiing in Adelboden

The ski area of Adelboden is split in five sectors connected up by a first class lift system making this one of the largest and most attractive ski areas in Switzerland. You'll find over 185km (117 miles) of slopes served by nearly 60 lifts. Beginning at an altitude of 1053m and ranging to 2375m. Slopes are predominantly north-facing thus ensuring good snow cover throughout the season.

The main network of lifts is accessed from the resort via a gondola from Oey which transports skiers to Sillerenbühl 1974m, and the centre of the Adelboden-Lenk ski area. From here you can access a variety of terrain including the treacherous World Cup piste at Chuenisbergli, an extremely challenging black run which is the now classic Adelboden venue for the FIS World Cup series. Only big names like Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark and Austria's Hermann Maier have made it onto the medals podium here.

Snowboarding in Adelboden

The Engstligenalp has the one and only natural board park featuring natural pipes and jumps and is a training area for many professional boarders.

For freestylers the Hahnenmoos snowboard park is the place to meet - complete with obstacle course, boardercross, air park, slide zone, first timers snowboard piste and testing centre as well as an eating area with bar, grill and DJ.

There is even a mountain hotel, the Berghotel Hahnenmoospass, an ideal base for boarders who like to make first tracks in the morning. Crazy Sports Ltd are the official snowboard school for Adelboden and they offer private and group lessons as well as board hire.

Adelboden Après Ski

Lively nightlife with a good choice of nightclubs and bars and an informal, fun atmoshphere. The Berna discotheque is a favourite with younger people while the Alte Taverne is of universal appeal. The nightclub here always seems to be busy - it was converted from six very old wooden houses into a barn-style room with a gallery overlooking the dance floor and enough seating for 200.

Raclettes and fondues are available in nearly all the restaurants and for Italian food, especially good pizzas there's Kreuz and Alfredo. The Alte Taverne has live bands, and the Arle Bar and Time Out Pub have attractive aperitif bars. Some of the restaurants have Swiss music.

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